A Charles City woman has been arrested after allegedly beating a young child, according to KIMT. 37 year old Samantha Slaughter is accused of forcefully grabbing the child’s face and force feeding them, shaking and jerking the child’s head and face, hitting the child in the face with the child’s own hands, forcing the child to the floor by grabbing their neck, and slamming the child on the floor. The child suffered facial bruising and swelling, bleeding in the eyes, and bleeding in the head and brain. Doctors had to remove a part of the child’s skull to prevent compression of the brain and insert a naso-gastric tube for feeding. Doctors say the child’s “long-term prognosis will likely include varying deficits, some of which appear to be permanent.” Slaughter has been charged with Child Endangerment Causing Serious Injury.
